Breaking overnight, one person known dead and at least two others injured after more than a dozen tornados tore across the upper midwest. Western minnesota was hit especially hard. Several homes there have been destroyed or damaged. Forecasters say a system off the coast of North Carolina is likely to become Tropical Storm fay. Its expected to move up the coast today and tomorrow. Turning now to a very different kind of summertime threat that may be lurking right in your own backyard. Its a story we report practically every summer. Its sad that we have to report it with so many parents now distracted with working from home, the government is sounding a new alarm about swimming pools. Heres abcs diane macedo. Reporter ashley considers herself lucky. With camps closing because of covid19, this pennsylvania mother of two managed to buy an aboveground pool. Im pretty sure we got the last aboveground pool available in north america. Reporter according to industry estimates, pool sales have
Incredibly dire. But still there will have to be cuts and that will hurt. It was a huge drop in daily ridership due to covid19 that caused b. A. R. T. s money problems. Our ridership went from 405,000 to 24,000. And since the low point of 24,000, weve now inched up to 45. Reporter fewer riders men less revenue and thats what shaped the budget the board passed today which includes an extra 44 million for cleaning. Its not just cleaning the stations. But its disinfecting the train cars every single night. Reporter also 146 million in cuts made by eliminating unfilled job and reducing operating expenses like putting off a return to ending service but tlayoffs planned. Youre going to notice things like the 9 00 p. M. Closure in the middle of the day. You should expect 30minute frequencies. This b. A. R. T. Rider isnt surprised. The economy is struggling and everything is losing money. Reporter the budget plan assumes at best, 50 of riders return this year. The number could be as low as 15
Wednesday is over 5,300. While its a slight dip, it is the second highest daily total for the state since the pandemic began. Governor newsom began his press Conference Today reinforcing a family message. Were still in the first wave of this pandemic. We are not in the second ve. A wave that is clearly growing. 56,000 new covid cases reported in california in just the past two weeks. And in the last two weeks, a 32 spike in new hospitalizations. Lets break it all down. More than 5,000 cases reported on monday. Jumping to more than 7100 on tuesday. Dipping to 5,300 on wednesday. What exactly is causing the increase . Yes. The cases have gone way up. But a lot of those are outbreaks and some of it is just more efficient case finding. This is the ucsf leading epidemiologist. He explains the latest spikes indicate cases identified within the last five days. So these are from reason exposures, maybe as reason as last weekend. These are not part of the protests. I can tell you that. And thes
Plans to drill for oil just steps from bay area homes. A Community Fights to keep bay Area Developers out. It just seems ridiculous. And new developments in the breaking story out of San Luis Obispo county. An intense man hunt for a suspect in a 2day shooting spree has ended in a wild gun battle. Multiple officers injured and the suspect wounded. Good evening, im allen martin. And im elizabeth cook. Marissa pearlman is live with more. Reporter yes, we learned the suspect, 26yearold mason james lira, police tonight confirming the suspect is down, though his condition still not known at this hour. Were also learning other officers, as many as 4 total may have been hurt detaining the suspect just within the past hour. This has been a huge effort for a smaller community. You can see the Law Enforcement efforts in this video. The police, the sheriffs office, and the fbi who were looking for the suspect last seen on surveillance camera at a chevron gas station early this morning. The shootin
No. They are still closed thats what i thought. I understand. We are waiting. Dave is right. It will be good sleeping weather and its really starting to fly in now that the system is on the way and its ushering in a huge drop in temperatures. A combination of high and low clouds. 50s in san jose. The city 55 with wind about 15 to 20. Costs about 30 to 40 at the outlet pass. Cooler for all. Patchy fog and low clouds and high clouds. Windy at times. The onshore breeze vacaville up to 18. Travis about 25. That will do it in this pageant is. It has been an odd week for inland in areas. So much cooler. Wind and clouds. 60s and 70s. Temperatures near average coast and bay. Below inland for the first time this week. Over to sal now to see if theres anything going on. Is it friday light or something you want to get to right away . It is light out there. Not seen much going on right now when it comes to the commute. Traffic on the san mateo bridge looks very good. Heading out to the highrise th